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[Hois*:  Bill,  No.   2G.] 

HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES,  May  J.  I8t>4.— Read  fir^t 
autl  second  times,  referrod  to  th(?  Oommitteo*(>n  Military  Affair.-  ;m<i 
ordered  to  be  printed. 

[Bj  Mr.  IV.Rk-i.vs.] 


To  be  entitled  An  Act  to  provide  r»  fund  to  be  employed  for  the  ralief 

oWidabled  .^soldievi*  ;ind  ."^.-flvnen.  ufter  the  tcnninarjon  of   the  exirJt- 

intr  war. 

1-  Si-.«:>ii">.\   1.    T/tr  Citn.;.[nss  i)f'  thr  (kmfiihriitr  Sfntest  of  Anurira  tie 

'i     enact .  Tliiit  fm-  tnery»non-couuDi.».'^ioned  officer,  nnisioian,  fsohlier, 

.>     marine  or  ^t-vntan,  who,<se  names  may  be  borne  on  the  roll;^  of  the 

4  army  or  navy,  cu    tlie  lir.^t  day  of  Apvil   list,  or  whose  names 

5  shall  hereafter  be  placed  on  the  rolls  for  service  during  the  wht, 

6  there  shall  be,  :jnd  i,s  hereby,  appropriated  the  ^uiu  of  three  dol-    ' 
T     lars  for  each  month    that  such  persons  .^hall  continue  in  the  .scr- 

8     vice,  until  their  le;^al  discharge,  winch   8um  sljall   remain  in  the^ 

0  Treasury,  to  <;«)n>ititute  a  fund  tu  b^'  herejtflcr  employed   in  ac- 
H>     cordancc  witli  the  provisions  of  this  act. 

1  Sec.  2.  That  it  .shall  be  the  duty  of  Congress,  after  the  tcrmi- 
l  nation  of  the  war,  to  opply  the  interc-stof  this  fund,  and  so  much 
i     of  the  principal  .K-may  b*^  n^ccsv«ai-y.  to  tjie  making  of  ;i  suitable 


I  provision  tor  sueli  iioji-^ftmraissioued  oflicor^*.  uiii.vici.'ins,  soldiers, 

.">  marhaeh  arnl  sciiiji'-n,  :m  inav  ;<t  any  tiiui.'  liuring  tlif  war  have  he*- 

6  come  disabled  in  the  actual  service  of  the  CoufediMa\e  Stat ea,  in 

7  the  line  of  diitv,  Uy  wamids  received  in  ?ieivice,  or  who  have  he- 
.S  come  permftnentJy  'lisHhled  l»y  disease  coutmeted  while  in  ser- 
!>  vice,  in  the  lint*  ot   duty  :  Provided^  Thtit  no  person  fihall  be  en- 

10  titled  to   tlie  btnefit   nf   this   act  wIjo   shall  hereafter  desert  the 

11  service,  or  sh;ili  ^b^ient  himself  therefrom  without  leave,  for  one 

12  month  durin.i^  the  term  of  his  enlistment:   And  p/ovided  furffier, 
1:3  That  the  benefits  of  tlie  net  shrill  be  contined  to  thonc  whose  dis- 

W  ability  shall  prevent  them  from  obtaininjir    a    reasonable  support 

(• 

l.>  bv  their  own  labor,  and  who  stand  in  .need  of  assistance  from 

lb'  their  coi:intry  iu  eonReqnence  thereof. 


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